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The opportunities in this world are as great as we have the imagination to see them... but we never get that view from the bottom of the nest.

Charles Kettering

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Charles Kettering
Age: 82 †
Born: 1876
Born: August 29
Died: 1958
Died: November 25
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Charles Franklin Kettering
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Do not bring me your successes they weaken me. Bring me your problems they strengthen me.
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